But things were about to get dire for Sam, as she was threatened with eviction as shark Swanny pursued the money and the mysterious 'Nancy'...

As Sam's lies caught up with her, she proposed ANOTHER scheme, persuading her pal Jess that they should set up their own cleaning business targeting places they know have inside information.

She also got Swanny and Graham arrested without implicating herself - and she managed to end up better off financially, too!

Sam spun gold from thin air it seems (Credit: ITV)

Viewers were annoyed with the ending, as Sam got away with breaking the law and even continued gambling, while many others accused the series of being "unrealistic", "disappointing" and "unendurable".

"Dreadful ending. Made zero sense," complained one of many on Twitter.

Another disgruntled watcher tweeted: "I'm gunna have to finish watching it as I've invested too much time into it but #CleaningUp really is one of the most far fetched show I've ever watched."

A third added: "I'm sorry to any people out there with gambling addictions who might have thought that this programme might help make people understand in any way when the ending on #CleaningUp is them all winning in the end and we know in real life that is not the ending addicts tend to have."

I don’t think I’ve ever been so disappointed with a series #cleaningup

I’m sorry to any people out there with gambling addictions who might have thought that this programme might help make people understand in any way when the ending on #CleaningUp is them all winning in the end and we know in real life that is not the ending addicts tend to have.